The final episode ends on... something of a cliffhanger. There were plans for a final telemovie to wrap the story up but due to the above difficulties this never happened.

The most significant departures from the film are down to Pragmatic Adaptation. The TV series, whilst containing its share of stunts and action sequences, is by nowhere near as graphically violent as the movie, and many of the film's references to and depictions of substance abuse and sexual violence are softened. The major difference is that in the TV series, rather than Eric being darkly sardonic, violent and basically unstable the entire time (as he was in the comic) or most of the time (as per the film), he is basically just an angstier version of who he was when alive, and 'the Crow' is literally a dark supernatural alter-ego constantly simmering beneath the surface, who takes over when Eric is enraged or under stress, when someone he cares about is in danger, or a villain uses magic to bring out the Crow in him. The TV series expands on the film's mythology - Eric only has a finite period on earth to "put the wrong things right" before Shelly will be forced on to move without him and they will be separated forever, and introduces other supernatural elements such as reincarnation, possession, and an opposing force to the crow, in the form of a snake.

This series contains examples of the following tropes:

Alcoholic Parent: Darla to Sarah. In the comic and film she was a drug addict, but this was softened for television.

Back from the Dead: Eric, of course, at the start of the first episode. There are a few other examples throughout the series, including Talon in "Birds of a Feather" and possibly Shelly at the end of the final episode.

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